We finally have come across the resources to can up the farm. We are talking marinara sauce, pickles and preserves to start with. We are going to start canning this week so keep an eye out for it in the store in the weeks to come. 100% organic goodness in a jar. Picked and canned …
Yearly Archives: 2015
Week of May 20th
Excuse the lack of blogging while I take this month to move. We are up to about 200 chickens now that require constant attention which has left me slacking on the social media. We look forward to providing eggs to all of our CSA customers that want them and local restraunts as well. The more …
Week of May 13th
Red tomatoes (cherries too), green beans, peppers, artichokes, potatoes and cantaloupe and watermelon in the near future. We are doing extra plantings of broccoli so hopefully we will see that soon. It’s been too long, but we have been having problems with it all year. Cindy Dollar is cooking up a few different flavors of …
Week of May 6th
We had a great weekend here at the farm! The workers have been pulling 10 hour days and working 7 days a week for the past 3 months trying to keep up with everything. We were able to throw them a pig roast on Saturday. My husband roasted a pig and one of our own …
Week of April 29th
Cindy Dollar is cooking up some Coconut Seed Granola this week. It’s baked fresh to order in Gluten Free or Organic varieties. Check out our CSA store here to buy that or browse the other delicious things we offer. CSA contains: BUNCHED ARUGULA RED BEETS SUNBURST & CROOKNECK SQUASH CARROTS GREEN LEAF LETTUCE STRAWBERRIES BUNCHED …
Week of April 22nd – Big vs Small Organic
I spent all weekend up in Buellton building the new chicken coops. We are also adding in Guinea fowl, turkeys and bantam chickens. We are hoping the guinea fowl will help eat some of the bugs that to this point, we have had no luck with. I’m getting really excited to move the chickens out …
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Week of April 15th
I visited Deux bakery about a week ago to check out some of the new things Wendy was cooking up. She’s baking a new sprouted Sour Dough bread with kamut wheat, an ancient grain that dates back to the pyramids. Other bakeries in SB have tried sprouted grain breads with no luck. But with dedication, …
April 8th – Spring Shots
I walked around the farm taking some spring shots yesterday. Here’s some things I ran across: new baby chickens basking in the heat lamp rays all sorts of seeds keeping warm under plastic growing tons of rosemary to attract beneficial insects Cantaloupe will come early this year red and green leaf lettuce comingling LOTS of …
Week of April 1st
We are planting our new fields up in Buellton now and I’m looking forward to melons coming a lot earlier this year. We usually have them late August, but now those sweet cantaloupes and juicy watermelons will be arriving as early as June. Cucumbers are out this week and we welcome the season into the …
Week of March 25th – the farm box essentials
Every week our farm box is loaded with sweet carrots and crispy fresh lettuce. Sometimes it’s good to take a step back and appreciate the process. Every 10 days -2 weeks a few guys sit at a table and hand seed the lettuce into flats of soil. The flats then sit in a special area …
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